guess
to arrive at or commit oneself to an opinion about (something) without having sufficient evidence to support the opinion fully: to guess a person's weight.
to estimate or conjecture about correctly: to guess what a word means.
to think, believe, or suppose: I guess I can get there in time.
to form an estimate or conjecture (often followed by at or about): We guessed at the weight of the package.
to estimate or conjecture correctly.
an opinion that one reaches or to which one commits oneself on the basis of probability alone or in the absence of any evidence whatever.
the act of forming such an opinion: to take a guess at someone's weight.
Idioms about guess
by guess and by gosh, Northern U.S. using a combination of guesswork and reliance on luck; hit or miss.: Also by guess and by golly.
Origin of guess
1synonym study For guess
Other words for guess
Opposites for guess
Other words from guess
- guess·a·ble, adjective
- guesser, noun
- guess·ing·ly, adverb
- pre·guess, noun, verb
- un·guess·a·ble, adjective
- un·guessed, adjective
Words that may be confused with guess
- guessed , guest
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How to use guess in a sentence
Um, you know, but my guess is it would be that they’re getting a lot more of that good information from us.
EmTech Stage: Facebook’s CTO on misinformation | Tate Ryan-Mosley | November 18, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewThis may be our best guess at eta-Earth yet, but as all the dependencies should make clear, it’ll likely be a moving target for years to come.
There Could Be 300 Million (or More) Earth-Like Planets in Our Galaxy | Jason Dorrier | November 8, 2020 | Singularity HubFor example, if the true price was 29 and you guessed 30, while another contestant guessed 20, then they would be the winner even though your guess was technically closer.
Beyond that, everything is just an educated guess, which is exactly why NASA needs to punch an asteroid with a robot.
This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through October 17) | Singularity Hub Staff | October 17, 2020 | Singularity HubAsked to put a number on how big those charge-offs could be a year hence, Dimon and Piepszak declined to even venture a guess.
How JPMorgan Chase is proceeding with extreme caution—and still making plenty of money | Shawn Tully | October 14, 2020 | Fortune
Therefore, we should—you guessed it—develop the Canadian tar sands and build the Keystone pipeline.
How Canadian Oilmen Pinkwash the Keystone Pipeline | Jay Michaelson | December 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAlexander is everything Turing is not—gregarious, flirty, and, you guessed it, charming.
From ‘The Good Wife’ to ‘The Imitation Game’: Matthew Goode Wages His Charm Offensive | Kevin Fallon | November 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMany New Yorkers at the time would have guessed the first development; few the second.
Hassan tells you that it means 'help us,' which you had already guessed.
Whatever You Do Someone Will Die. A Short Story About Impossible Choices in Iraq | Nathan Bradley Bethea | August 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI would have never guessed that they would have actually given her the award.
The old earl's property, the source of his wealth, as from his title the reader will have shrewdly guessed, was in collieries.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsHe doubled and trebled his risks, and did the like, as may be guessed, to his anxieties and failures.
He did not answer, but he tried to look as if his partner had exactly guessed his actual intention.
From the movement behind him Marius guessed almost by instinct that Garnache had drawn back for a lunge.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael Sabatini"Perry Thomas guessed he was an embezzler," said Tim, putting the last dish in the cupboard and sitting down to his pipe.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson Lloyd
British Dictionary definitions for guess
/ (ɡɛs) /
(when intr, often foll by at or about) to form or express an uncertain estimate or conclusion (about something), based on insufficient information: guess what we're having for dinner
to arrive at a correct estimate of (something) by guessing: he guessed my age
informal, mainly US and Canadian to believe, think, or suppose (something): I guess I'll go now
keep a person guessing to let a person remain in a state of uncertainty
an estimate or conclusion arrived at by guessing: a bad guess
the act of guessing
anyone's guess something difficult to predict
Origin of guess
1Derived forms of guess
- guessable, adjective
- guesser, noun
- guessingly, adverb
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with guess
see anyone's guess; educated guess; have another guess coming; your guess is as good as mine.
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